Understanding the biophysics governing single-molecule transport through solid-state nanopores is of fundamental importance in working toward the goal of DNA detection and genome sequencing using nanopore-based sensors. Even with significant advances in semiconductor fabrication technologies, the state-of-the-art in nanopore technology still falls well short of mimicking the elegance and functi...

Nanopipette-based sensors are one of the most effective tools for detecting nanoparticles, bioparticles, and biomolecules. Quantitative analysis nanoparticles with different shapes electrical charges is achieved through measurement blockage currents that occur when particles pass nanopore. However, typical nanopipette fabricated using a conventional needle-pulling method have pore-diameter limi...

Nanopore sequencing technology has the potential to render other sequencing technologies obsolete with its ability to generate long reads and provide portability. However, high error rates of the technology pose a challenge while generating accurate genome assemblies. The tools used for nanopore sequence analysis are of critical importance, as they should overcome the high error rates of the te...

Solid-state nanopore has captured the attention of many researchers due to its characteristic of nanoscale. Now, different fabrication methods have been reported, which can be summarized into two broad categories: "top-down" etching technology and "bottom-up" shrinkage technology. Ion track etching method, mask etching method chemical solution etching method, and high-energy particle etching an...

A multi-scale/multi-material computational model for simulation of the electric signal detected on the electrodes of a metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) capacitor forming a nanoscale artificial membrane, and containing a nanopore with translocating DNA, is presented. The multi-scale approach is based on the incorporation of a molecular dynamics description of a translocating DNA molecule in the n...

In recent years, nanopores have emerged as exceptionally promising single-molecule sensors due to their ability to detect biomolecules at subfemtomole levels in a label-free manner. Development of a high-throughput nanopore-based biosensor requires multiplexing of nanopore measurements. Electrical detection, however, poses a challenge, as each nanopore circuit must be electrically independent, ...

Nanopore analysis is an emerging single-molecule strategy for non-optical and high-throughput DNA sequencing, the principle of which is based on identification of each constituent nucleobase by measuring trans-membrane ionic current blockade or transverse tunnelling current as it moves through the pore. A crucial issue for nanopore sequencing is the fact that DNA translocates a nanopore too fas...

An interesting smooth blocked nanopore and corresponding "current ladder" phenomenon was observed in DNA translocation experiments through solid-state nanopores. The ionic current shows several drop steps (current levels in the current ladder) with an identical drop interval, which corresponds to an individual unfolded DNA translocation event. This indicates that multiple anchored DNA molecules...

Nanopore-based sensing has emerged as a promising candidate for affordable and powerful DNA sequencing technologies. Herein, we demonstrate that nanopores can be successfully fabricated in Mg alloys via focused electron beam (e-beam) technology. Employing in situ high-resolution transmission electron microscopy techniques, we obtained unambiguous evidence that layer-by-layer growth of atomic pl...